[Because they don't want to deliver meals, they just open a branch? Isn't this solution a bit too extravagant?]
[This is no different from not wanting to order takeout and just buying the entire restaurant. No difference at all.]
[There must be another reason—otherwise, I don't think Jun Bai would agree to this approach.]
"Uh… because you don't want to deliver meals, you're just opening a branch in Liyue Harbor?" Paimon widened her eyes. "Isn't this a bit too luxurious?"
Chen Yuan explained: "Actually, that's only part of the reason."
"After Osial was resealed, Liyue Harbor officially entered the era of human governance, so all aspects began to exchange goods and promote interaction with Guili Assembly."
"Therefore, the Boss and I had already planned to open a branch in Liyue Harbor once normal operations resumed there. We're just moving the timeline forward now."
This explanation made perfect sense. Lumine and Paimon nodded in agreement.
Paimon looked at Jun Bai, narrowing her eyes playfully: "So, Liyue's true number-one restaurant is finally making its move on Liyue Harbor?"
With Fengdeng Lou around, the restaurants in Guili Assembly basically don't pursue all-round development—they mostly specialize deeply in one particular type of dish.
There's no helping it—who made the path of a comprehensive menu basically monopolized by Fengdeng Lou, this thousand-year-old established brand?
Dumpling shops, steamed bun shops, noodle shops… these specialty stores for certain dishes can still survive in Guili Assembly. But if they try to go the mass-market route like Fengdeng Lou?
They'd have to consider what kind of advantage could possibly compete with Fengdeng Lou's thousand-year reputation.
Paimon could already picture Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk in Liyue Harbor facing their darkest hour.
"We've had this plan for a long time. If it weren't for Liyue Harbor residents rejecting Guili Assembly, a Fengdeng Lou branch would have been built back in my ancestor's generation." Chen Yuan said.
[Liyue Harbor diners: Truly sinful.]
[Liuli Pavilion, Xinyue Kiosk—your days of bullying Wanmin Restaurant are over! Now the wheel of fortune turns—get ready!]
[When did Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk ever bully Wanmin Restaurant? Wanmin is just a big roadside stall. Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk are clearly just competing with each other.]
[Mainly because without a proper reason, they'd turn into villains. After all, this is about overthrowing Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk's rule in Liyue Harbor.]
"So, you want me to be this temporary manager?"
Lumine looked at Jun Bai and asked.
Jun Bai said leisurely: "Xuanjian is the Ziwei Star, and Yunshang is his deputy. Keqing, Ningguang, and Ganyu each have their own work; Xiao and Bonanus and the others have to handle the remnants of the gods."
"The Adepti live deep in the mountains for a long time and aren't good with human affairs and worldly ways. By that calculation, among the people I know, only you and Paimon are the most suitable."
"I can't exactly have myself or Guizhong serve as temporary manager, right? Are you sure those people would dare come in?"
[The Marshal's speech is actually pretty rhythmic.]
[Looks like Boss Jun has been studying for exams lately.]
[The Marshal's network is too elite—even a temp worker can't be found.]
"I have no objections. I just don't know about the salary method…" Lumine asked tentatively.
Chen Yuan took over: "We plan to hire you for 10 days. Is one million Mora per day acceptable?"
"Acceptable." ×2
Lumine and Paimon nodded in agreement, then suddenly realized something was off.
What Chen Yuan said seemed to be… one million Mora per day?
"Wait a minute! How much? One million a day!" ×2
Lumine and Paimon expressed their shock with perfectly synchronized movements.
[Temporary—scratch that word! I want to shine forever in this manager position!]
[Adventurers' Guild? Never heard of it. I'm just an ordinary Fengdeng Lou manager.]
[All of you acting so surprised—these were already spoiled in the preview livestream, right?]
——Reality
"My husband really doesn't treat us like outsiders—this kind of good thing, the first one he thinks of is us." Little Gui happily ended the conversation.
She had personally filtered out the part where Jun Bai explained why he was looking for the Traveler.
As long as people learn to filter out the things they don't want to hear, the world instantly becomes wonderful.
Little Gui followed the quest guide to Liyue Harbor.
"Still the most central location—having connections really makes a difference. Ordinary people couldn't open a shop in a spot like this."
[Look at the backer behind Fengdeng Lou—mountain after mountain. It's hard to find a second setup like this in all of Liyue.]
[Honestly, even if Fengdeng Lou wanted to open in the Ziwei Star Palace, I feel like Xuanjian wouldn't refuse to discuss it.]
[Remove the "feel like"—Xuanjian is currently one of the biggest Marshal stans. Think about who's behind Fengdeng Lou and you'll realize this doesn't even need discussion.]
[It's just that the Jade Chamber was used as Osial's prison, otherwise it would have had a share too.]
This was the site selection for the Fengdeng Lou branch. The NPC receiving the player was named Ning Yao.
"Chen Yuan can still be treated as a coincidence—after all, only when the surname and courtesy name are together does it become Chen Ping'an. But Ning Yao is absolutely intentional on the official side."
Little Gui silently complained: "miHoYo, did you get the original author's certification for this? Did you pay the copyright fee? Infringement means going to court, you know."
Of course, complaining aside, Little Gui's actions didn't stop.
The next process was NPC Ning Yao explaining to the Traveler and Paimon all the various tasks the temporary manager needed to complete.
Paimon: "Since Miss Ning Yao knows what a manager should do, why not just have Miss Ning Yao be the temporary manager?"
[Official roasting NPCs for all the processes yet still needing to find us temps.]
[Too real—clearly the person explaining the job knows every step, but they still need to hire a temp.]
Ning Yao: "This humble one has only assisted managers before, but lacks the ability of a true manager."
"If this humble one were to serve as manager, the work would not be completed on time."